This story follows directly on from Part 1 – Nicky's Near Miss.
Naive, eighteen year-old Nicky has just been rescued by her older brother Mike her from being forced into sex by one of his rugby-playing friends, in an alleyway down by the waterfront.
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I don't know how long I clung to Mike in the darkness, trembling, crying with confusion, relief and shame.
Eventually I became aware that my jumper was under my armpits, my leggings were still around my ankles, my bottom and vulva naked and my boobs exposed. It was getting cold.
When my trembling had subsided a little, I released him, probably to his relief. Bending unsteadily over I tried to pull my leggings up to cover my nakedness but my hands were still shaking too much and my free foot caught in the shiny, tight material. Michael dropped to his knees in front of me and gently eased the leggings over my feet then pulled the tight sparkly material up to cover my exposed flesh.
Despite my confusion, I was aware that his face was merely inches from my vulva and that he could not have failed to notice the total absence of knickers and the wet, sticky evidence of arousal on my mound and upper thighs.
But to my relief he said nothing.
I lifted my top myself, unavoidably exposing my tiny boobs to his gaze once again as I re-fastened my bra. Again Michael said nothing, but when I was decently dressed again, he wrapped his jacket around my shoulders, followed it with his arm and we began the long unsteady, uphill walk back to his house, followed by two large, muscular friends from the rugby club.
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Half an hour later we were back in his bedroom.
"I'm so sorry..." I cried, sitting on his bed.
The journey home had passed in near silence, as had my showering and changing into my short night dress and a pair of panties. I didn't usually wear panties in bed but it seemed appropriate as I was sharing a room with Mike, who had changed into his pyjama trousers while I was in the shower.
Despite my modesty, I was acutely aware that my brother had not only just seen my boobs and private parts in extreme close up, he had also seen them in a highly aroused state.
"It's ok. But I did try to warn you about him..." He replied softly but a little sternly.
I sobbed. "I know. I'm sorry. He was just so nice, so..."
"I know..." Mike sat next to me and wrapped my shaking body in his strong arms, my head resting on his powerful shoulder. I could smell his familiar aroma and it reassured me. "But if you dress as sexily as that... well, boys can get the wrong idea." He paused.
"It was the wrong idea, wasn't it Nic? You weren't really trying to get laid, were you?" He asked in a deceptively measured tone.
"I feel so ashamed..." I sobbed, deliberately not answering him directly, still wondering the same thing myself. "I was so silly... so naive... I should have listened to you..."
"Shhh" He whispered, nuzzling my ear.
"But you're the last person in the world I want to see me... like that!" I cried. "You've seen me naked... all of me... all my private places... and like that! The things my body did when he... he... as if I wanted him to..."
"Shhh! It's ok... I promise... No-one will ever know..."
I slipped under the duvet, still holding his hand, not wanting to let it go.
"Would you... Cuddle me a while?" I asked tentatively. "Like you used to?"
Mike smiled and slipped under the duvet alongside me, snuggling up in the half darkness in the bedroom. His arms hugged me closely, the warmth of his strong body reassuring and comforting.
"There you are, Nic." He whispered in my ear. "You're safe now."
And indeed I did feel safe in his arms and finally began to relax a little though my exposure still made me feel ashamed.
"Do you hate me now?" I asked. "I've embarrassed you in front of your friends... And you've seen me...like that...!"
"Nah!" He laughed, interrupting. "My friends all really like you and they're all up in arms about Max. You're not the first sister he's tried to have his way with."
I felt a little better as he carried on. "And you mustn't ever worry about.. About the rest. There's nothing about you I would ever, ever find anything but beautiful."
He leaned over and kissed me comfortingly on the forehead, twice. I snuggled up closer, my forehead against his strong, reassuring muscular chest. His arms enfolded me and the tension finally began to release me from its grip.
After a while cuddling in silence, I rolled over and snuggled against his body, my bottom pressed against his midriff, my back now against his chest as if we were two spoons in a drawer. His arms were around me. I felt tiny tears running down my cheeks but I felt – safe, listening to his slow, deep breathing behind me.